Outline of arithmetic
Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics that is widely used for tasks ranging from simple day-to-day counting to advanced science and business calculations.
Essence of arithmetic
History of arithmetic
Arithmetic operations and related concepts
- Order of Operations
- Addition
- Summation – Answer after adding a sequence of numbers
- Additive Inverse
- Subtraction – Taking away numbers
- Multiplication – Repeated addition
- Multiple – Product of Multiplication
- Multiplicative Inverse
- Division – Repeated Subtraction
- Modulo – The remainder of division
- Quotient – Result of Division
- Quotition and Partition – How many parts are there, and what is the size of each part
- Fraction – A number that isn't whole, often shown as a divsion equation
- Decimal Fraction – Representation of a Fraction in the form of a number
- Proper Fraction – Fraction with a Numerator that is less than the Denominator
- Improper Fraction – Fractions with a Numerator that is any number
- Ratio – Showing how much one number can go into another
- Least Common Denominator – Least Common Multiple of 2 or more fractions' denominators
- Factoring – Breaking a number down into its products
- Fundamental theorem of arithmetic
- Prime number – Number divisable by only 1 or itself
- Composite number – Number made of 2 smaller integers
- Factor – A number that can be divided from it's original number to get a whole number
- Greatest Common Factor – Greatest Factor that is common between 2 numbers
- Euclid's algorithm for finding greatest common divisors
- Exponentiation (power) – Repreated Multiplication
- Square root – Reversal of a power of 2 (exponent of 1/2)
- Cube root – Reversal of a power of 3 (exponent of 1/3)
- Properties of Operations
- Factorial – Multiplication of numbers from the current number to 0
Types of numbers
Elementary statistics
Other basic concepts
Modern arithmetic
External links
- MathWorld article about arithmetic
- The New Student's Reference Work/Arithmetic (historical)
- Maximus Planudes' the Great Calculation an early western work on arithmetic at Convergence
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.